Provide Rutgers benefits to 'legacy UMDNJ' workers

Rutgers employees who are considered as "legacy UMDNJ" employees are currently not afforded benefits that are equal to those of our colleagues who were already employed by Rutgers prior to integration.

Case in point: Rutgers offers several top-notch recreation centers, including the Werblin Center on Busch Campus, in which Rutgers staff, students and faculty can enjoy a workout, a game of racquetball, a few laps in the Olympic pool, etc., all at no cost.

A call to the Rutgers Recreation information line (848-445-0462) confirmed that a new Rutgers hire (not transferred from UMDNJ, simply a new hire) is offered free access to all the recreation facilities.

Newly transferred legacy UMDNJ staff, however, must pay a membership fee of $230 a year to enjoy these same healthful benefits. This fee was implemented a few years ago for UMDNJ employees. Previous to that time we were allowed free access, the same as our Rutgers colleagues.

At the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), which was, until July 1, a joint institute of Rutgers and UMDNJ, we have worked for many years as UMDNJ employees, side-by-side with our Rutgers colleagues.

Now we are unified - Rutgers University employees all. It is therefore difficult to understand why we are not now afforded the same benefits as so many of our colleagues. This benefit should be extended to "legacy UMDNJ" employees.

Linda Everett

Program Support Specialist

Shahnaz Alimokhtari

Research Teaching Specialist

Mary Doran

Budget Analyst

Kimi Nakata

NIEHS Center Administrator

Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute

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Provide Rutgers benefits to 'legacy UMDNJ' workers

Rutgers employees who are considered as 'legacy UMDNJ' employees are currently not afforded benefits that are equal to those of our colleagues who were already employed by Rutgers prior to

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